Indianapolis GP: Qualifying
Sunday, August 30, 2009 at 10:06AM One thing that we worked in during our trip planning was meeting up with one of our World of Warcraft guild members, Kallesto. He drove 3 hours to come and spend the day with us and experience some of our motorcycle culture. Thanks for coming out!
We got to the Indianapolis Speedway at about 1pm, just as the 125cc bikes were finishing up qualifying. The MotoGP bikes were up next. Cess and I watched a portion of the qualifying from the inside of the track around turns 2 and 3 before moving to our assigned seats, section J, located just before the main straight.
The weather was great the whole day and hearing the bikes up close was quite an experience. You can totally distinguish each of the bikes based on sound alone. While the roar is pretty loud, we haven't felt the need to break out the earplugs just yet. We'll see if that changes today on race day.
One quick pic from yesterday:
Indianapolis GP 2009 in travels
Reader Comments (2)
It was definitely a good day at the track. The weather couldn't possibly have been any more perfect. I think if you were sitting in the paddock stands or really anywhere around that area you'd probably want the earplugs, but the areas we were at were at turns where they were throttling down. Don't forget the sunscreen, I'm just a touch crispy today (probably because I didn't put on new sunscreen before heading to the track.)
Thanks for letting me come hang out with you guys! (And Cess, the rice krispy squares made excellent munchies for the trip home. ;))
Cool pic. :)